Uintah County man sent to federal prison for role in fatal shooting

Colin Rian Manning has been ordered to serve eight years in federal prison for his role in a 2011 shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured. (Weber County Jail)

SALT LAKE CITY — A Uintah County man will serve eight years in federal prison for his role in a 2011 shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured.

Colin Rian Manning was also sentenced late last month in U.S. District Court to five years of supervised release after his prison term ends.

Manning, 25, pleaded guilty in November to charges of assault causing serious bodily injury while within Indian Country and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Manning also faced a charge of murder in the second degree while within Indian Country and another firearms charge. Those were both dismissed by Judge Dale A. Kimball at the request of federal prosecutors as part of Manning's plea agreement.

Uintah County sheriff's detectives say Manning and others accompanied Bruce Silva to a home in Lapoint on June 18, 2011, to confront the person Silva believed had vandalized his car. During the ensuing fight, Manning passed Silva a .38-caliber handgun, according to court records. Silva used the gun to fatally shoot James Edward Carey and wound Jared R. Hurley.

Silva, 24, pleaded guilty in May to murder and aggravated assault. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison and a consecutive one-to-15-year term. His first parole hearing has been set for May 2037.

Three of Silva's brothers and his girlfriend have all pleaded guilty to felony charges for their roles in Carey's death. Another woman, Teaunna Cesspooch, is undergoing a competency exam to determine whether she's fit to stand trial in state court.

Manning was charged in federal court because he is a member of the Ute Indian Tribe and the shooting occurred within the boundaries of the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation.